JUDGMENT

A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.

1. The petitioners have filed this writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India for issuing a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ directing respondent No.1 to immediately issue a Letter of Approval permitting petitioner No.1-society to start its college, namely Anant Institute of Business Studies from the academic year 2017-2018. The petitioner No.1-society applied in February, 2017 to respondent No.1-All India Council for Technical Education (for short “AICTE”) for its approval to establish Anant Institute of Business Studies (for short “AIBS”). The Scrutiny Committee of AICTE (for short “SC”) tendered a report dated 01.03.2017. The petitioners assert that the report did not point out any deficiency and recommended grant of Letter of Approval to the petitioner No.1-society.

2. The said proposal was processed by different committees between March 2017 and April 2017, such as Expert Visit Committee (for short “EVC”) and the Standing Appellate Committee – Scrutiny Committee (for short “SAC -SC”). As the petitioners entertaine